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long putter crap AGAIN
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I actually feel quite relaxed about the rule change given the explanation for the change by Peter Dawson of the R & A. The hysterical claims about “unfair advantage” and the “cheating” slurs have certainly fallen short of the mark.
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Personal experience?
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If that is your misses in your avatar give me her details and I will ask her.
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I simply dont understand why 2016? for example Ireland banned the plastic bag because we know they are bad for the environment – they tool 4 weeks to bring this ban in austarlia is still arguing FFS why wait so long? I’m happy for the ban, anchoring has to be outlawed, Im just staggred they need to wait 3 more years! UMMM err…thats insane I think 4 -5 months pahse out peroid is fine, gives players a chance to practice with them for the start peroid.
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They used to putt with plastic bags in Ireland? wow
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heh heh ya know what I’m saying…we dont need 3 years to phase something out its like saying we going to ban it but we kinda feel sorry for you so we’ll give you another 3 years but we are talking golf where things do happen slowly if this was the AFL, they would be bring the rule in within one season not 3
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The three years isnt for the players – Its for the retailers and manufacturers. Millions of dollars spent in R&D. 10 000’s of stock will need to be heavily discounted, sold and than scraped. Big lawsuits will follow…
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Ptffff…. ummm they will sell a heap of short putters now!! the putters can be reshafted also…. I agree though, having a 3 tear phase out may have kept Keegan Bradley away from the Lawyers wheres I think, change the rule and say BRING IT ON….golf oddly would suffer from this kind of press, sometimes negative press is better than press at all – means people are talking golf
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I don’t understand how law suits were being threatened (looking at your Keegan Bradley). With the rule change, the R&A isn’t taking anything away from the players that they’ve already achieved/won. It’s a rule change going forward (and a good one at that). It’s no different then when they changed the rules regarding the grooves a few years back. I don’t recal any law suits being filed over that and I fail to see how this is any different.
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It’s different in that the groove changes impacted everyone.
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It is due to being a change to the rules of golf and not banning of the equipment. A change to the rules of golf needs to go through rules cycle with the rules updated every four years. As we have just completed a cycle we have to wait till the beginning of the next cycle which is 1 January 2016 for the change to become law
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Lose of income etc, normally if the law changes banning something that was previously legal, eg family trust treatment the already established trust etc are grandfathered in. So in this case if you were already using a long putter you would still be allowed to use it or as in the groove rule you have a 10 year grace period for club golfers. This is not the case here and then there are the players that due to medical reasons use it they will now lose their lively hood. Example Shaw, I think, from South Africa that has a defect from birth that prohibits him from rotating the palm of his hands. He can not putt with a short putter and has used a long putter from juniors, this change removes his ability to play golf where before he has won World Match play etc and would have expected to earn his living from playing golf for another 10-15 years taking into account the senior tour.
Adams 9064ls 9.5 ATTAS 70 S |
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Yes but the equipment was grandfathered for 10 years and the have not banned the equipment just the technique. It should be noted that it will effect a small portion of players that use short putters to. If you lock your elbows into your body and rock your shoulders to putt your stroke is illegal as well, though not common there are people who use this technique to calm things down and reduce the number moving parts in the stroke. The essence of the rule change is you cannot fix/lock any part of your arms or clubs to another part of your body for a golf stroke
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I think I was trying to say that the groove changes impact every player….and regardless of the manner in which they have altered the anchoring rule, it only impacts those that currently do it. So…..that’s why I said there was a difference. Not everyone is impacted, hence why some may choose to challenge it.
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That alsight goldy was just trying to point out it was different to the groove rule in implementation, no disrespect
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All good Jonno – I think we’re on the same wavelength. And yes – different entirely to the groove implementation, IMO. What are your plans….gonna stick with it for a while, or make the switch sooner rather than later? Whether that be technique or equipment.
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Not true, jrg. You can anchor the elbows to the body, but nothing below the elbow.
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<lose of etc income> Wouldn’t this be the same scenario as when the straddling pendulum type putting stroke was banned? All that aside, personally I do agree with the change. As with using your putter like a pool cue, anchoring the club to your body is not IMO a proper golf stroke.
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Some time back, I saw an ad for a different style of putter used to putt from beside the foot while you’re facing the target. Much like when one bowls at lawn bowls. The promoter claims that it’s legal.
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My understanding OB is that this kind of stroke is indeed legal. Read a long article about it by Dave Pelz or one of those, who advocates that it is probably the most reliable stroke for putting – but just weird and takes a long time to get used to. There were some stats quoted about people who hadn’t played who were introduced to the standard stroke with another group introduced to the beside the foot stroke and the results were apparently significantly better earlier with the second style. I don’t think that it involves anchoring anywhere and as it is not straddling the line, it is not illegal
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I might try it in a few years when it gets closer to having to give up the long putter.
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The putters can be re-shafted because they will be the wrong swingweight and lie angle. Bending a spigot on a putter is very dicey.. Trust me on this its about $$
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OB, as has been said before, GolfGuy33 has used this putting style for years
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why should the governing body be at the mercy of comercialism? and to be honest when you walk into a golf store (I dont reatil much though) you see 2 or 3 broomstick putters and the rest are normal ones I think you’re right but I think the have made a really stupid mistake in letting it go for another 3 years so when the end of 2015 comes the whole debate will rage once again…and we have to go through the same stuff with Bradley and others complaining 6 months is planty of time to adjust to new putter and thats plenty of time for manafacturers to adjust also…Hell Taylormade release 3 new drivers in that same time span!! and none bats an eyelid!
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Tiger Woods on tele interview yapping his trap again,talking about the spirit of the game,coming from him, what a joke,it was in the spirit of the game to have 12-14 guys move a boulder so he could hit his ball. UUMMM what was in the vials that your ex gave to the fuzz at the “accident” scene…..........who the hell St TIGGER
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